Pincha Pepper

Pincha Pepper is a food plant that can be grown from a Pincha Pepper Seed. Pincha Peppers are found in the Caustic Biome exclusively growing from the ceiling. It can only be domestically grown in a Farm Tile or Hydroponic Farm tile with a downward orientation. Peppers are 3 tiles tall instead of the usual 2 tiles.

Pincha Peppernut is a spice that cannot be eaten raw by itself but is used in several Gas Range recipes alongside other food stuffs to create higher quality meals.

Food

 * Pincha Peppernuts are required for high quality food (Pepper Bread, Spicy Tofu, Stuffed Berry). Recipes with Peppernuts add a small amount of calories, and increase food quality to boot.
 * Peppernuts are consumed by Espresso Machines, which improve Duplicant Morale.
 * Peppernuts can be used to make Immuno Boosters in the Apothecary.

Growth
A Pincha Pepper requires temperature range of 35 °C - 85 °C, and air pressure of 150 g - 10 kg. It can grow in any atmosphere.

Wild
A wild Pincha Pepper takes 32 cycles to grow to maturity.

Domestic
A domestic Pincha Pepper can be planted in Farm Tile or Hydroponic Farm with a downward orientation. It requires 1 kg/cycle Phosphorite and 35 kg/cycle Polluted Water. Phosphorite for fertilizing Pincha Pepperplants can be produced by ranching Dreckos.

A domestic Pincha Pepper takes 8 cycles to grow.

Decor
A Pincha Pepper has a decor value of +15 within 2 tiles.

Tips

 * Even when their growth is halted a domestic Pincha Pepper will consume 1 kg Phosphorite per cycle.
 * Thus, it may be wise not to use Polluted Water from the Lavatories, if the intention is to do away with the infected output. Such a purpose requires the plants' consumption to be higher than the output in order for this disposal to be reliable, which would then waste the Phosphorite if this plant is chosen instead of the others that consume Polluted Water. Furthermore, this plant's rate of consumption is not fast enough to quickly dispose of sudden build-ups of the water.
 * Given their ability to grow at 85 °C, irrigating Pincha Peppers can be a useful way to dispose of hot polluted water at the end of a cooling cycle.
 * If heating is a problem, consider routing gases that have been pumped from electrolysis; line regular gas pipes (Granite is recommended, for moderate heat exchange) across the plants' bases, and use insulated piping for the rest of the routing.
 * Due to the fact that cooking raw food items on the Electric Grill or Gas Range always eliminates all forms of germs automatically, Pincha Peppers can be safely irrigated with germ-ridden Polluted Water without fear of large-scale food-based contamination throughout your colony.
 * It can, however, infect your dupes via the Espresso Machine